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Ahmed Hussain
Memories of a boyhood helping out in his family's store in Coney Island and learning to play pinball
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Rob Weissbard
Milton Berger's nephew describes adventures at Steeplechase Park with Coney's great showman
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Mr. Luong
Coney Island homeowner recalls fleeing Vietnam with his family in 1981 and settling in New York City
![Gerard Thornton](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/10874/images/gerard.jpg?itok=LHSf8fzM&c=fd91ad811db5c4d38a2dfdd9e3b642c9)
Gerard Thornton
A childhood watching boats in the Coney Island Channel led to the founding of a tugboat company
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Alexander Vindman
Retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who emigrated from Ukraine to Brighton Beach as a child
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Angbeen Saleem
A poet and roller coaster lover describes her weekly ritual of riding the Coney Island Cyclone
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Josh Wolfe
Chairman of Coney Island Prep on growing up in Coney Island and the charter school's first 15 years